From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-07-10,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and   
   > are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may   
   > have been retyped and/or edited by me.  For further information   
   > please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the   
   > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 8, Round 9 - Canadiana Geography - Canadian City Nicknames   
   >   
   > In each case, name the city or town being described.  (Province not   
   > required.)   
   >   
   > 1. What town has the nickname "The Polar Bear Capital of the World"?   
   >     It also lays claim to being the "Beluga Capital of the World".   
      
   Churchill   
      
   >   
   > 2. Name *either* of the two British Columbia cities that have the   
   >     nickname "Salmon Capital of the World".   
   >   
   > 3. What city has the nickname "Birthplace of Confederation"?   
   >   
   > 4. What Atlantic Canada city has the nickname "Canada's Original   
   >     City", as it was the first city incorporated in what is now   
   >     Canada, in 1785?  Other nicknames include "Port City" and   
   >     "Fundy City".   
      
   St. John; St. John's   
      
   >   
   > 5. What city has the nickname "Steeltown"?   
      
   Hamilton   
      
   >   
   > 6. What city has the nickname "Bytown"?  A less official nickname   
   >     used by the locals is "the City that Fun Forgot".   
   >   
   > 7. What city's abundance of bridges has led to it being nicknamed   
   >     "The Bridge City" and "Paris of the Prairies"?  A further   
   >     nickname is "POW City" for the abundance of Potash, Oil,   
   >     and Wheat.   
      
   Winnipeg; Regina   
      
   >   
   > 8. What Alberta city's abundant natural-gas resources have led   
   >     to the nicknames "The Gas City", "The City with Energy", and   
   >     "The City with All Hell for a Basement", the last of which is   
   >     based on a description of the city by a visiting Rudyard Kipling?   
   >   
   > 9. What Ontario city has the nickname "Bell City" and "The   
   >     Telephone City"?   
      
   London   
      
   >   
   > 10. What city has the nickname "Cowtown", originally ascribed   
   >     due to the abundance of good cattle farming and not because of   
   >     a popular annual event and its attendees.   
      
   Calgary   
      
   >   
   >   
   > ** Game 8, Round 10 - Challenge Round - Color My World   
   >   
   > All of the answers will be color-related in some way.   
   >   
   > * A. Entertainment   
   >   
   >     A1. Name the R&B group that released the song "I Wanna Sex You   
   >         Up" in 1991, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.   
      
   Average White Band   
      
   >   
   >     A2. Name *either* the rock band that won a Grammy for their   
   >         1988 song "Cult of Personality", *or* the sketch comedy   
   >         show that helped launch the careers of the Wayans brothers   
   >         and Jim Carrey, just to name a few.   
      
   In Living Color   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * B. Sports   
   >   
   >     B1. What is the popular nickname of the 37'2" high wall in left   
   >         field at Fenway Park?   
      
   Green Monster   
      
   >   
   >     B2. Name the man who served as Member of Parliament for York West   
   >         from 1962 to 1965, during which time he also won two Stanley   
   >         Cups while playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs.  In 2017   
   >         he was named one of the 100 greatest NHL players in history.   
   >   
   >   
   > * C. History   
   >   
   >     C1. He was the prince of Orange from birth, his father having   
   >         died the week before, in 1650.  He ruled as the King of   
   >         England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death   
   >         in 1702.  Who was he?  Name and number, please.   
   >   
   >     C2. Abraham Lincoln used their agents to conduct espionage   
   >         against the Confederacy, and for his personal security   
   >         during the Civil War.  They were once the largest private   
   >         law-enforcement organization in the world.  What is this   
   >         organization?   
      
   Black Hats   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * D. Geography   
   >   
   >     D1. What is the longest river with a color in its   
   >         English-language name?   
   >   
   >     D2. What is the largest sea by area with a color in its   
   >         English-language name?   
      
   Red Sea; Yellow Sea   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * E. Science   
   >   
   >     E1. Name the IBM supercomputer that defeated Garry Kasparov   
   >         in a 6-game chess match in 1997, becoming the first   
   >         artificial intelligence to win a match against a reigning   
   >         world champion of chess.   
      
   Deep Blue   
      
   >   
   >     E2. It is the first modern synthetic pigment, created in the   
   >         early 18th century.  It was the first stable pigment of   
   >         its color to be widely used since the process to create its   
   >         Egyptian counterpart was lost.  It is on the World Health   
   >         Organization's List of Essential Medicines.  What is it?   
   >   
   >   
   > * F. Literature   
   >   
   >     F1. Name the Arthur Conan Doyle novel that first appeared in   
   >         1887 and introduced the world to Sherlock Holmes and   
   >         Dr. Watson.   
   >   
   >     F2. Name the 1895 novel by Stephen Crane about a young private   
   >         in the Union Army who flees from the battlefield and, in   
   >         his shame, longs for a wound to prove he is no coward.   
      
   The Red Badge of Courage   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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